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[QUOTE="Dara OKearney, post: 5333304, member: 390655"]
Hi Mike,

even in the early stages of a satellite/survivor tournament you should have a slightly different strategy from a normal mtt. If there are ten prizes of equal value, then essentially you're trying to come tenth rather than win the tournament.

We talk about this in the book but I'll give as concrete example. Imagine you make a great start and early in the tournament you have 7x your starting stack. In a normal mtt you would want to keep applying pressure, to try not only to reach the final table but get there with a good stack (7x starting will be just over half average at start of FT in a hundred runner field). But in a satellite you should just be trying to get over the line, and in particular avoid all ins. With 7x starting stack you have roughly 70% chances of winning a seat. If you get all in and lose, you drop to 0%, whereas if you win you can't get above 100% so in this case the downside is over twice the upside.

Even in less extreme circumstances without a big stack, you should still be looking to take less risks in a satellite, as there isn't the same incentive to win all the chips as in a normal mtt.

Although it's correct to call a lot tighter near bubbles, and I don't know the specifics enough to tell you whether QQ was a fold there, but even if it was, showing big folds is terrible meta strategy in a satellite, as it encourages people to shove even wider into you.

Thanks for your question and kind words
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